The book Gay Men at the Movi: Cema, Memory and the History of a Gay Male Communy, Stt McKnon is published by Intellect Ltd.
Contents:
OUT AT THE MOVI: A HISTORY OF GAY CEMA
Over the s, gay cema has reflected the muny's journey om persecutn to emancipatn to acceptance. Policized dramas like Victim the 1960s, The Naked Civil Servant the 1970s, and the AIDS cema of the 1980s have given way recent years to films which celebrate a vast array of gay liftyl.
Gay films have unrgone a major shift om the ge to the mastream—2005’s Amy Awards were dubbed "the gay Osrs" wh statu gog to Brokeback Mounta, Capote, and Transameri. Producers began clamorg to back gay-themed movi and the most high profile of the is G Van Sant’s forthg Milk, starrg Sean Penn as Harvey Milk, the first proment Amerin polil figure to be elected to office on an openly gay ticket back the 1970s.
GAY MEN AT THE MOVI
The book also vers gay filmmakers and actors and their fluence wh the dtry, the most inic scen om gay cema, and the most memorable dialogue om key films. Many of the films I wouldn’t nsir gay at all–but simply “films that have bee favour of gay men.
” Films like Mildred Pierce are clud, I assume, bee Joan Crawford has bee such a huge gay in. Not gay the absolute slightt. And “The Women” is listed–aga, bee of the performanc and gay ins wh and gay men love the film, but neher film is one I would nsir to be “gay cema.
”As well as films that were clud–and many of which were award their “gay osr ” acla at theend–there were notable omissns–the ma one beg “The Celluloid Closet” which baffled me, unls was nsred to be a rival. If you want a book you n flip through and read snippets about star gossip and what the thor thks gay men take om the “not gay” films–terspersed wh actual gay movi, but missg several important films out entirely–then you’ll probably enjoy .